Biography

Robert A. Green joined Christie, Parker & Hale in 2000 and has over thirty years experience in intellectual property law. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Green was a Partner with Darby & Darby. Mr. Green has procured, licensed and enforced patent portfolios in the fields of computer-controlled telecommunications, magnetic storage media, medical imaging and photovoltaics, among others. He has conducted in-depth studies to evaluate commercial products and processes from a patent standpoint. His opinions and advice have been relied on by clients of all sizes seeking to acquire or assess the risks of marketing substantial new products.

Mr. Green has particular technical experience in the fields of analog and digital electronics, computer hardware and software, digital systems, semiconductor devices, and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). His areas of special expertise include cellular communications, solid state physics, laser optics, holography, laser-based inertial guidance and navigation systems, digital musical instruments, photovoltaic devices, high voltage power distribution, electromagnetism, complex mechanical and electromechanical systems, and the plasma-assisted deposition of semiconductor materials.

Admitted

• State Bar of California, 1975
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• U.S. District Court: California- Central, Northern and Eastern Districts
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Education

• J.D. degree from UCLA, 1975
• B.S. degree magna cum laude in engineering with a major in solid state electronics from the University of California, Los Angeles, 1972

Professional Activities

• American Bar Association
• Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Lawyer’s Club of Los Angeles County
• Los Angeles Patent Law Association

Representative Matters

• Widely licensed a portfolio of patents in the computer-controlled telecommunications field for total revenues exceeding $500 million.
   
• Conducted due diligence analyses in support of initial public offerings and acquisitions of high technology companies.
   
• Oversaw the creation and often licensing of dominant patent portfolios for numerous technologies, including-computerized musical instruments, magnetic stripe authentication systems, medical imaging systems, solid state power controllers, amorphous metals, adjustable intraocular lens systems and oil drilling equipment.
   
• Negotiated the purchase of licensing of pioneering patents directed to the off-line building of stands of drill pipe on an oil drilling rig.
   
• Built dominant worldwide patent portfolios in the photovoltaic field for a major U.S. oil company and a worldwide electronics conglomerate. The most extensive of these portfolios relate to: (i) solar cells utilizing Cu-multinary semiconductor materials; and (ii) ZnO transparent conductive electrodes for solar cells. The patents in these portfolios dominated their respective fields for many years.
   
• Obtained basic patents on doubly-curved x-ray crystals for a major West Coast university.
   
• Obtained significant early patents for a preeminent technical institution on a computer-controlled apparatus for sequencing proteins and peptides.
   
• Successfully asserted and licensed patents to pavement renovation machinery against a large equipment manufacturer.

• Obtained basic patents to the control of emissions from spray-applied asphalt paving processes and oversaw the successful enforcement and licensing of these patents against the rubberized asphalt paving industry.

• Conducted extensive patent infringement and validity studies forming the basis for an investment of over $150 million in the creation of a facility for manufacturing large area thin film semiconductor devices.

• Conducted product clearance studies for worldwide electronics conglomerate in the field of sputtered deposition.

• Participated as second chair in the defense of a leading manufacturer against assertion of patents in the photovoltaic field. Following a three week trial the matter was settled advantageously.

• Successfully built and policed important trademark portfolios.

• Successfully defended opposition and cancellation proceedings relating to a client’s primary trademark against a major national paint manufacturer.